Improvement in harness-saddles



UNITED STATES PATENT Carica..

GODFREY MARSHALL, OF INDIANA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IM PROVEM ENT IN HARNESS-SADDLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 70.589, dated November 5, 1867.

To all lwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GODFREY MARSHALL', of the city and county of Indiana, and State ot' Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Saddles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description "thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters oi' reference marked thereon.

The present invention relates to the saddles of harnesses more particularly; and consists in making the top or frame to the saddle in one piece, having a raised iiange or lip around its sides or edges, upon its back or under side, and between such lips placing the cushion or pad, made of the proper shape, and provided with screw-nuts in proper position for receiving the terret-rings, screw-Shanks, and other screw-bolts, by means of which the pad is secured to the frame, at the same time also fastenin g 'the saddle-straps.

In the accompanying plate of drawings my improvement in saddles for harnesses is illustrated, Figure l being a central section through a harness-saddle complete, and when made according to the present invention; Fig. 2, a

view of the cushionvor pad; Fig. 3, crosssection of the saddle-frame.

A in the drawings represents the top or frame to the harness-saddle, made of one piece of metal or other suitable material, and provided with a lip or ange, B, along its sides 0r edges C, between which the cushion or pad D is placed, made of proper size and shape "therefoi". This pad is provided with screwnuts E at the proper points to receive the screw-Shanks to the terret-rings, and also the screw-bolts Gr, by means of which the pad is fastened to the frame or top.

F, saddle-straps,fastened to the saddleframe 

